Traditional Aboriginal Society
How many language groups are there?
Over 500
What year did the first fleet arrive in Australia?
1788
What is the Assimilation policy?
Forcing Aboriginal groups to give up their own culture, language and traditons and to adopt the white way of life. (To blend into European society).
1937-1970
Certificate of Exemption
Stolen generations
What is the protection policy and what did it involve?
Placed Aboriginal people under strict government laws/controlling them. Managed where they lived, married, worked, led to the stolen generations.
What was the treaty of Wantangi?
An agreement between New Zealand and Britian signed by the Maori Cheifs.
What is the Dreamtime?
A Spiritual worldview and creation framework for Aboriginal people that explains how life, and the land became to be.
Who led the first fleet and how many boats came?
Captian Aurthur Phillip and 11 boats
What were the immediate affects of the Assimilation policy?
Stolen generations, loss of culture, ability to continue to practise traditional way of life.
What were the immediate affects of the protection policy?
Family breakdown, destruction of culture
What was the problem within the Treaty of Wantangi?
There was a miscommunication within the treaty making the Maori people lose rights to their land
What is Country?
Cultural connection to the land
(Sacred sites, totems, language groups, traditions/dreamtime stories).
What were the immediate affects of colonisation?
Disease, deaths, frontier wars, loss access to their resources, lost rights to their land/ practice their tradititons, Disruption of life.
What did Aboriginal people have to do to get a certificate of exemption?
Had to cut ties with their family, admit that their not Aboriginal anymore.
True or False: Did the protection policy led to the stolen generations?
True: The protection policy forced the children to live in the missions.
What is the traditional sytem that links families, Maori's version of dreamtime?
Whakapapa
Who are Pemulwuy and Bennelong?
Pemulwuy was a spiritual leader who led most of the raids against the British on colonial farms
Bennelong was from the Eora nation who made a connection with Authur phillip who was celebrated in England before returning back to Australia.
How many convitcts came with the first fleet?
1000 convicts
What year did the assimilation policy start and when did it end?
1937-1970
What year did the Protection policy start and when did it end?
1880-1970
What were the immediate affects of colonisation for Maori community?
Lost rights to their land, population dropped due to new diseases, frontier wars, malnutrition, land alienation.
What are the roles of the men and the women in an Aboriginal group?
Men= hunting, Women= gathering/looking after the family and the children.
What year did colonisation start and when did it end?
1788-1901
what is the difference between a mission and a reserve?
A mission is run by the church/ mission managers, A reserve is where Aboriginal people could live
What year did Kevin Rudd deliver the apology speech?
2008
What is the Wantangi Tribunal?
A bicultural polical group who have authority to break the promises made in the original treaty.